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NC’s Role & Mechanisms  Local Water Supply Planning  2003: In response to a multi-year drought culminating in 2002, the General Assembly passes Session Law (HB 1062)  Requires all LWSPs to prepare a Water Shortage Response Plan (WSRP), describing how water systems will respond to drought and other water shortage emergencies while continuing to meet essential public water supply needs.

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NC’s Role & Mechanisms  2002: General Assembly passed Session Law (HB1215)  Required the Environmental Management Commission to develop and implement rules governing water conservation and water reuse during drought and other water emergency situations for the following water users:  Publicly and privately owned water supply systems  State agencies  Local governments  Business and industrial users  Agricultural and horticultural users

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NC’s Role & Mechanisms  2007: Adopted. 15A NCAC 02E 0600 – Water Use During Drought Rules  Water use reduction reporting during drought  Water shortage response planning requirements  Default water use reduction measures for community water systems failing to meet planning requirements

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Water Use Reduction Reporting During Drought  15A NCAC 02E.0605 (1)  Requires publicly and privately owned water systems to report the implementation of mandatory water conservation measures to DENR within 72 hours of their initial enactment.  Enhanced online water conservation reporting website at reduction/

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Default Water Shortage Response Planning Measures  Rule 15A NCAC 02E.0612  Requires publicly and privately owned water systems that are required to prepare a LWSP that fail to prepare a written WSRP, shall implement the default water use reduction measures of Rule.0613 or.0614

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Mandatory Actions & Reporting  No approved WSRP in D3 or D4 required to implement default measures in 15A NCAC 02E.0600 within 10 days  Implement WSRP measures within 10 days of reaching triggers  Report implementation of WSRP measures to DENR within 72 hours  Weekly reporting of water use during extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4) drought

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Enhanced Enforcement Measures  Civil Penalties  Any Person for failure to report water use when required under (k) (D3 and D4 plus) or to comply with emergency orders  $100 - $500 per day  Local Government for failure to implement required water conservation measures.  Up to $10,000 per month

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WSRPs Next Step  Water Shortage Response Plans will be incorporated in the River Basin Hydrologic Models  Evaluate the effectiveness of triggers in WSRPs  Quantify the potential reductions in demand when WSRPs are implemented  Indicate whether WSRPs are adequate to address the magnitude and duration of water supply shortages identified in modeling results  Provide guidance with WSRP revisions